My Old Man (Zac Brown Band song)
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| "My Old Man" | ||||
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| Single by Zac Brown Band | ||||
| from the album Welcome Home | ||||
| Released | February 3, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:47 | |||
| Label | Elektra/Southern Ground | |||
| Songwriters | [1] | |||
| Producer | Dave Cobb | |||
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"My Old Man" is a song by American country music band Zac Brown Band. The song is the lead single to their fifth major-label studio album, Welcome Home. The song was written by Zac Brown, Niko Moon and Ben Simonetti.
The song is a ballad about Zac Brown's own father, and the lifestyle examples set by him. It features "the band's harmony-heavy vocals, which drive forward a scaled-back arrangement of unplugged guitar, fiddle and light strings".[2] In the song's first verse, the narrator reflects on his own childhood, while the second focuses on the narrator's adulthood, and the third "reveals that his father is hearing this tribute from heaven, not earth."[3]
The song is the band's first release through the Elektra Records label, in partnership with their own label, Southern Ground. It is also their first release to be produced by record producer Dave Cobb.[2] Along with the release of the single, the band released a lyric video to YouTube which includes pictures of the band members with their fathers.[4]